Is there even a point in arguing with those that spew misogynistic crap on the third article? Comments by men suggest that feminism turns women into bad people, the pay gap is not a problem and that men and women want “different things” in life.

Tony

March 8, 2011 at 1:18 pm

Ugh, this is horrible. http://twitter.com/pakinamamer
Props to these Egyptian women for showing up today. Of course if we show too much support to these women it’ll be labelled imperialism.

It’s great that you’re drawing attention to women in different parts of e world. Too much of what I read on IWD was about white cis western women, mostly from the US. It’s refreshing to see something different, thank you.

FangedFaerie

March 8, 2011 at 7:19 pm

Butch Pornstache told us all about how he learned a little bit about Women’s Issues today. When I commented that his contribution upset me (even as satire) because I think it’s a horrible thing to do on a holiday celebrating women, I was banned. C’est la vie.

“Mr. Rafsanjani’s daughter, Faezeh Hashemi, a former lawmaker, has served as a one of the prominent female faces of the opposition, attending rallies and speaking on behalf of women’s rights and more social freedoms.

She was briefly detained at an anti-government rally two weeks ago and, according to online videos, came under verbal attack by a group of plainclothes Basij militia who called her a “whore” and shouted “Death to Hashemi.”
Reposted from a comment on WSJ:

In Iran , on the 2nd of March 1979, it was announced that women could not be judges, a precursor to many other draconian measures.

On the 6th of March 1979, Khomeini announced that women could work outside their houses, but they must wear the hijab.

On the 8th of March 1979 thousands of women demonstrated in the streets of Tehran against the state’s Islamic gender apartheid policy. The protests were violently disbanded. These protests constitute the first civil society demand on the IRI.

As a result of this, the 8th of March, International Women’s Day, turned into widespread demonstrations in Iran.

This protest has been met with violent reprisal from the regime. Undeterred, the 8th March has become a focus for women’s resistance to injustice as well as an occasion for increased intimidation.

…and one of the biggest jokes on humanity today, is that Iran was again voted in, in 2011, as a member of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, which is supposed to be, (try and keep a straight face!) “dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. It is the principal global policy-making body. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide.”